To:INESSA ARMAND

Written:Written March 31, 1916Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 49.

      Sent from Zurich to Paris.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1977],

      Moscow,Volume 43,

      page526a.Translated:Martin Parker and Bernard IsaacsTranscription\Markup:R. CymbalaPublic Domain:Lenin Internet Archive

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DearFriend,

Wehave just received your postcard, and I hasten to answer it, as the
P. O. will soon close. You are not very pleased with the “crowd” of
Samovarchik’s
friends,[1]but this young “crowd” isin rapturesover you:
that’s what Samovarchik himself writes intheirown words. I
congratulate you heartily on thesuccessand wish you still more
of it in future. You are not interested in politics, but you do sympathise
with France: we haveexcellentinformation concerning the split
among the German socialists and on how things are going with the
International Socialists of Germany. This news isin favour ofFrance.

Iwish you again all the very best. I congratulate you on your success
and send my best regards—so does Olga.

Yours,Lenin

[1]Apparentlythis refers to the young French socialists, friends of
G. I. Safarov (Samovarchik), who lived in Paris at the time.